Newborn baby girl found dead in Ibaraki parking lot

Police said Friday that a newborn baby girl, with its umbilical cord still attached, was found dead in an apartment parking lot in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

According to police, a man who was walking by the parking lot, noticed bloodstains on the ground, TBS reported. After following the trail of the bloodstains, he found the infant's body face down beside a shed in the corner of the parking lot.

Police said the child was naked and there were no external signs of injury on the body.

Nov. 3, 2012
07:53 am JST

Nov. 3, 2012
09:04 am JST

Abortion is low in Japan, because people prefer to abort their kids when they aren't foetuses anymore.

How sad.

Even if you were an irresponsible parent and didn't want to or couldn't keep a baby, you could still do one "not the worst" thing instead of killing him/her this way: leave the baby to an institution. Let him/her live, for any reason!

Nov. 3, 2012
09:52 am JST

I'm freekin tired of reading articles like this and I hope in the near future I wont have to. 'New born baby found safe in baby capsule' or 'Influx of new born babies being adopted by caring families'... are headlines and stories I'd like to read.

Nov. 3, 2012
11:01 am JST

Nov. 3, 2012
11:51 am JST

lh10

I think it is somewhat included in med insurance, but is somewhere between 10 mahn and 50 mahn (1-5 thousand us dollars) in co-payments, depending on place, after-care, complications etc. 10 mahn might be low.

Nov. 3, 2012
12:23 pm JST

LH10 - Abortion is NOT free, or even subsidized, in medical insurance. Either is pregnancy (although there are subsidies from the government), just for your information. The only exception would be if it puts the mothers life in immediate danger, then I believe it is included in medical insurance.

The thing about abortion in Japan also, is you cant have one "just because you want one." You need to be able to meet some criteria - for example you will be unable to financially or emotionally support a child, or will be a single mother, etc.

The procedure alone can cost between 8-20 man, depending on where you go. After that there are the drugs, stays in hospital if necessary, etc.

The sad thing about this is, it could all be prevented if Japan opened its doors to alternative forms of contraception, like the pill, coil, or contraceptive injection. I hope that soon, Japan starts to consider these other options.

Nov. 3, 2012
12:50 pm JST

Nov. 3, 2012
07:00 pm JST

JannettoNov. 03, 2012 - 12:50PM JST

"its" - can we give HER a little dignity?

They never said if the baby had been stillborn or not.

From the looks of it, the cops should look for a pale looking Japanese teenager/college age complaining about fever. They didn't mention a placenta also being found, but a baby with cord, which is likely a recent birth. Unless the mother already went to a doctor after the birth, we might end up hearing about a young girl found dead in her apartment from septic shock.

Nov. 4, 2012
10:58 am JST

Nov. 8, 2012
11:16 am JST

@Lowly @____@ 5000$?! it should be 500$ geez docs only care bout money.

@kimuzukashiiiii

what the ^%&%^ " meet some criteria" ?! lol well no wonder mothers here kill babies or leave em. they were probably scared, shocked, desperate, didn't know what to do. i'm getting real disappointed with japan.
"if Japan opened its doors" exactly! its japan's gov fault for many things going wrong over there. they are closed minded those gov people. they don't care bout the citizens T_____T I CALL FOR A RIOT ^O^/

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